Vehicle-tire.



No. 634,069. Patented Oef. 3,1899.

J. D. PRESCOTT.

VEHICLE TIRE.

Application mnd Jul` 3, 1899.!

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH D. PRESOOTT, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR`-OF TWO- THIRDS'TO ALBERT WV. GrRlFF-I'IH,.OFv SAME PLACE, AND CHARLES N.

Bacon, or WINoHEsTER, MassnoHUsETTs;k

VEHICLE-TIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters VPatent No. 634,069, dated October 3, 1899.

Application tiled January 3, l. 8 99.Y

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, J osnrn D., PREsco'rT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Tires, of which the following is a specification. Y

The invention is designed for `the production of a vehicle-tire which is an improvement upon the well-known pneumatic tire in that it is more durable and is susceptible of a wider range of use and upon the ordinary cushion-tire in that it possesses all the advantages of said cushion-tire and overcomes .some of the disadvantagesthereof in the matter of resiliency, cost of construction, and ability tostand wear.

The object of the invention is to produce a resilient tire having an inner homogeneous core of yielding material and an outer covering for the core, in which a close, permanent, and waterproof connection is made between said core and covering. v

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and what is considered as nenY and patentable will be set forth in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of a tire constructed according to this invention the outer covering being partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe core, showing the means yof connecting the ends thereof. Fig; 3 is a view illustrative of the ends of the core before they are connected. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the tire as employed upon buggies and other like vehicles, Figs. 5 and 6 represent similar sections of the Wheel-rim in which said tire fits, showing the same before and after the application of the tire thereto.

The improved tire is madenp of an inner core 1, of homogeneous yielding material, and an outer case-or covering 2, of' rubber, the latterbein g vulcanized upon the core,completely inclosing the same and forming a water-tight housing therefor.

Fonbieycles and other like vehicles lthe core 1 andthe covering 2 are circular in crosssection`, and 4the tire is applied to the rim of the wheel in the usual manner. Y f

The core lis preferably madek of a continn. ous strpljof` felt having a tongue 3 upon one end and asocket 4 in the opposite end for reserni no. 701,012. uio man.)

and the connection between it and the covering is a permanent one. l

With buggies and the like when an outer metallic rim 6 is secured to the Wheel, provided With side flanges '7 7, forming a channel, the tire is made, as vshown in Fig. @with 4an inner surface S, which is dat in cross-secf tion, and With sides 9, which converge toward the outer rounded tread -surface 10. The flanges 7 7 are originally formed at right angles to the body of the rim 6 to permit of the ready insertion of the tire between them, but are afterward bent inwardly, as shown in Lss Y Fig. 6, to grip or clamp against the sides 9 of the tire and prevent the latter from slipping od or being readily removed. Instead of this method of applying the tire,- however, the anges may be inturned originally except at one point and the tireinserted either bodily or in sections through the open space which is left beneath vthe flanges and forced longitudinally into proper position.

Having now described the invention, what is claimed as new isy A vvehicle-tire comprising a core made in a single piece from felt, one end of said core having a tongue formed thereon provided Awith lateral openings, 'and the other having a socket therein-in which said tongue fit-s and lateral openings intersecting said socket and adapted to register with the openings in said tongue, felt pins extending through both sets of openings, and a covering vulcanized upon saidcore, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have Yhereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- IIGSSGS.

f JOSEPH D. PRESCOTT. Witnesses:

CHARLES E.- Roenes, WILLIAM S. W. GATE. 

